How do I run Arima in Excel?
- In a worksheet, enter two data series that correspond to each other:
- Select both data series.
- On the Data tab, in the Forecast group, click Forecast Sheet.
- In the Create Forecast Worksheet box, pick either a line chart or a column chart for the visual representation of the forecast.
- Launch Excel.
- In the toolbar, click XLMINER PLATFORM.
- In the ribbon, click ARIMA.
- In the drop-down menu, select ARIMA Model.
How do I use Arima in Excel?
After opening XLSTAT, select the XLSTAT / Time Series Analysis / ARIMA command. Once you've clicked on the button, the ARIMA dialog box will appear. Select the data on the Excel sheet. Click to see full answer. Besides, why do we use Arima model? ARIMA models allow both autoregressive (AR) components as well as moving average (MA) components.
How do I add an ARIMA model to a time series?
Setting up the fitting of an ARIMA model to a time series After opening XLSTAT, select the XLSTAT / Time Series Analysis / ARIMA command. Once you've clicked on the button, the ARIMA dialog box will appear. Select the data on the Excel sheet.
How do you calculate the Arima value of a series?
If we define by Xt a series with mean µ, then if the series is supposed to follow an ARIMA (p,d,q) (P,D,Q)s model, we can write: [ Yt = (1 – B)d (1 – Bs)D Xt - µ ; Φ (B)Ø (Bs))Yt = θ (B) Θ (Bs) Zt, Zt∞N (0,σ2) ]
What is the difference between the mathematical writing of ARIMA models?
The mathematical writing of the ARIMA models differs from one author to the other. The differences concern most of the time the sign of the coefficients. XLSTAT is using the most commonly found writing, used by most software.
What are ARIMA models
The models of the ARIMA family allow to represent in a synthetic way phenomena that vary with time, and to predict future values with a confidence interval around the predictions.
Explanatory variables
XLSTAT allows you to take into account explanatory variables through a linear model. Three different approaches are possible:
Results of the ARIMA analysis in XLSTAT
Summary statistics: This table displays for the selected variables, the number of observations, the number of missing values, the number of non- missing values, the mean and the standard deviation (unbiased).
Example
A tutorial explaining how to do fit an ARIMA model and to use the model to do forecasting is available on the Addinsoft web site.

How Does Arima Work?
Explanatory Variables
- XLSTAT allows you to take into account explanatory variables through a linear model. Three different approaches are possible: 1. OLS: A linear regressionmodel is fitted using the classical linear regression approach, then the residuals are modeled using an (S)ARIMA model. 2. CO-LS: If d or D and s are not zero, the data (including the explanatory v...
Results of The Arima Analysis in XLSTAT
- Let’s see how to interpret ARIMA model results. Summary statistics: This table displays for the selected variables, the number of observations, the number of missing values, the number of non- missing values, the mean and the standard deviation (unbiased). If a preliminary estimation and an optimization have been requested the results for the preliminary estimation are first displaye…
Example
- A tutorial explaining how to fit an ARIMA model and to use the model to do forecasting is available on the Addinsoft web site.